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Brooklyn brewery was created in 1987, when Steve Hindy and Tom Potter both quit their day jobs to build a brewery. 2013 marks their 25th anniversary of making beer and Brooklyn Brewery is using social media to share their story.

“Most craft brewers had a life before beer. Steve Hindy covered wars and assassinations for The AP in the Middle East. Along the way, he met American diplomats in bone-dry Islamic countries whose only source of beer was home-brewing.

War correspondents are a resourceful lot, and Steve brought that resourcefulness to starting a brewery in Brooklyn.”